I can’t log in to YT and use Firefox/uBlock Origin to stop ads. Works fine in Edge. What is that about?!

Picked up a keyboard at the thrift with a pink sticky note on the bottom:

user:admin

pass:password

Yes, someone had to write that down.

The one good thing about China’s authoritarianism is that they can plan and execute over the long term. Meanwhile, in America, we can implode over the course of a couple of years.

Japan will be the first industrialized nation to suffer depopulation. Been saying it will be interesting to see how they navigate the problem because sooner or later we’ll all be faced with it.

For those that think the files will be heavily redacted, I have a question. Ready?

We just got 20,000 docs that were not redacted in any way. How do you think the full release will be edited?

That’s rather the point? See how ridiculous is sounds in a different context?

You and I are 1-in-50 purchasers, if that. Nobody gives a shit if AI is in the game.

Go grab a random dude on the street,

“Hey! Just one question? If you’re considering buying a video game, is the fact they used AI in making it a deal breaker?”

Nobody cares. I’m with ya. Don’t fucking buy it, I won’t. But enough other people will that it won’t make a difference.

You can tell most everything you need to know about a company by looking at the CEO. That’s because they’re the leader, they set the tone, contrary to lemmy beliefs. Happy or unhappy employees? Look to the CEO. Solid earnings, year after year after year? CEO. I ask at every interview, “What’s the CEO like?” BUT…

A) Ultimately, CEOs do what the fucking board of directors wants, or they get fired, hence, the golden parachute. Would you take a monster job knowing that you could be forced to fuck your industry reputation and not hedge that bet? Nah. Force me to do something stupid yet needful? I want paid when you fire me on purpose for doing what you said.

B) I think you are in an echo chamber around here. Most CEOs are great folks, you only hear about the major fuck ups at the major companies. Also, the decisions the big dogs make that lemmy tells you are unpopular, really aren’t unpopular in the wider world. EA Games still exists after all.

everyone will have to 'fess up to using it eventually as AI will become "involved in nearly all future production.

True enough! No reason not to say it up front, right?

Look y’all, not 1-in-20 people give a flying fuck about AI like we do on here.

Most people won’t run an ad blocker.

Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until Trump’s death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post.

I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realm of Greenland. I pledge my life and honor to Trumps’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.

LOL, same at my last job! Any tips on updating LinkedIn or job hunting?

No way. People like me purchase a steady supply of standardized machines at a fair cost. Bigger companies than I’ve worked for want a lease agreement. We pay $X for Y units, you come in and swap them in 3, 4, or 5 years, rinse and repeat. We also need robust tech support, both from the manufacturer and wide user base. No way I’d suggest management purchase Frameworks.

Framework is awesome for individuals as you can upgrade! No one in their right mind wants to hassle with upgrading a fleet of hundreds, thousands, or 10’s of thousands of machine. You talking about pets when business requires cattle.

https://www.hava.io/blog/cattle-vs-pets-devops-explained

Great question! And BTW, thousands upon thousands of those “old” cattle are available on eBay from sellers who make a living moving off-lease machines. I’d never buy new. LOL, I bought servers that way from savemyserver! Boss came by while I was setting up a new server. “Is that new?!” “Nope.”

Funny enough, job before last I was buying all Dell. Next job, all X1 Carbons and the occasional Mac for the devs.

My IT experience is fading fast so can anyone explain this bit?

block the access of users connected via VPN

I’m running a Digital Ocean droplet on the other side of the Pond with my own, static IP. How could a site detect I’m using a VPN? Imgur blocks me if it’s on. How do they know?!

Been saying this about tariffs for months:

Say you have cash on hand, or the ability to get a monster loan, to start a factory. You would be a fool to build in the US!

You know the tariffs will be disastrous and eventually repealed, and we’re seeing both actions right now. So even if tariffs allow you to compete with imports, the rug will get yanked out from under you at some point. And there you are, holding the bag on a brand-new, worthless factory.

I collect Casios. Most get into my hands with dead batteries. Never had issues fixing them up, so I’m not sure what you mean by “disposable”. All standard screws, pins, etc. ?

So? Don’t fucking buy it! Has that never occurred to some y’all? If the rest of the world had my purchasing habits we’d already be looking at Depression 2.0.

Lemmy celebrates ANY thing not mainstream.

Also lemmy, “FUCK YOU FOR USING A WEIRD LETTER!!!”

Sxan should come out and say, “I’m a trans, queer, neurodivergent, furry, drag queen communist with Tourette’s Syndrome, ADHD and autism, so I have to replace ‘th’ with ‘þ’ or I’ll suicide. I like pictures of little girls in sexy attire. It’s ANIME, you wouldn’t understand. And if you could mix animals into my sexy anime? Perfect! Also, I have stuff up my butt 24x7.”

They’d be the most popular person in this place.

the terminal lover trans animeweeb crowd

So? Lemmy?